Pregnant Woman Caught With 800 Grams Of Skunk

A pregnant woman, identified as Mrs Sylvester Onome, have been arrested after she was allegedly caught with 800 grams of skunk concealed in two small radio sets she was sending to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

NIGERIACRIME gathered that the suspect was nabbed by operatives of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the NAHCO export shed of the Muritala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State.

This was confirmed by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday.

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“Another housewife, Mrs Okpara Chizoba, was arrested at her residence at 37, Obashola Street, Ijesha, Lagos, on Friday, January 27, following the seizure of 300g of skunk hidden in a bag of crayfish she was sending to Dubai, UAE, through a freight agent.

“In the same vein, operatives at the SAHCO export shed of the airport on Thursday, January 26, intercepted a sack of new clothes going to Sierra Leone.

“During a thorough search of the consignment, a parcel of white crystalline substance that tested positive to methamphetamine with a gross weight of 1kg, as well as 300g of skunk and 100g ecstasy were recovered. A freight agent, Mfonabasi Joseph, was already arrested in connection with the seizure,” Babafemi added.